In fulfilment of its educational mission, the Institute of Energy for South-East Europe in co-operation with the Institute of Global Affairs (IGA) of Deree College in Athens, organized, from March 29 to May 6, 2023, an introductory course on “Energy and Geopolitics”. This is the third time that IENE organized such a course, which, this year, took place under the scientific supervision of Dr. Constantinos Filis, ΙGA’s Director of Research Programs
The seminar, which was conducted at post-graduate level, provided the trainees a strictly scientific methodology and analytical approach, combined with an in-depth understanding of the relationship between energy and geopolitics so that they are able, following the completion of the course, to effectively manage issues related to data analysis and assessment or prediction of future developments.
In the context of the course, the increasingly close interdependence between energy and geopolitics was highlighted, at a time of constant turmoil in the geopolitical environment of SE Europe, a region of great energy potential. The latest developments in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as the West's confrontation with Russia, combined with the EU's energy strategy, to ensure its energy security and to deal with Climate Change, make up a most challenging environment, the complexity of which increases, as the crisis in the Eurozone, but also in the global economy, does not yet seem to have been overcome.
The seminar was aimed at business executives, professionals, military personnel, diplomats, journalists as well as graduate scholars, who wished to expand their knowledge and be informed in depth about the energy and geopolitical developments and the prevailing issues in this area. After the successful completion of the seminar, the participants were awarded a Certificate of Attendance by the Center for Lifelong Learning of the American College of Greece and the Energy Institute of Southeast Europe (IENE).
The seminar, with a total duration of 40 hours, took place at the city campus of the Alba Graduate Business School and attracted a total of 18 students.
